Sheet-metal handle.



E. OHNSTRAND.

SHEET METAL HANDLE.

uPLIoATIoN FILED Arnim, 190s. nmmwnn SEPT. '1, 1909.

936,802. l Patented 0ct.12,1909.

UNTED FFCE.

ENOCH O-INSTRAND, 0F JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNR TO JAMESTOWN METAL SHEET-METAL HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 12, 1909.

Application led April 24, 1908, Serial No. 428,916. Renewed September 7, 1909. Serial No. 516,605.

7h aLl whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ENOCH. OHNs'rRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, county of Chautauqua, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Handles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a full, clear, and exact description.

rlhe invention relates to sheet metal handles for drawers, tiles, doors and the like; and the object ot my invention is to provide a sheet metal handle ot great strength and rigidity, and to so attach it to the sheet metal drawer or file front that it cannot work loose.

The use of sheet metal handles or drawer pulls have been thus far unsuccessfulv because of their liability to work loose on account of the great strains they sustain in operating heavy sheet nretal drawers or doors, and also on account of. the liability of the sheet metal to spring or give. The construction and attachment of my drawer pull or handle is such that it is rendered absolutely rigid and cannot be worked loose if the rivets are properly drawn down.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a lengthwise sectional view of the drawer pull at line X X in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the drawer pull as attached to a portion of a sheet metal front. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side of an unattached drawer pull. Fig. sl. is a plan view of the inner side or' the sheet metal front showing the struck-out portions of the sheet metal, the drawer pull showing in dot-ted line. F ig. 5 is'an elevation of the inner side of one ot the ends of the handle or drawer pull attached to a sheet metal front. y

Similar numerals refer to corresponding parts in the several views. i

The' numeral 10 indicates my improved handle which is formed from a single sheet met-al blank having the bent up portion or grip bent in the form of a. continuous tube, the inner edges 11 of the sheet metal abutting throughout the length of said tubular grip, as shown in Fig. 3.

The handle is struck from sutliciently heavy sheet metal to give it great rigidity and strength and the abutting edges of the sheet metal on the inner edges 11 form a. perfectly smooth handle. It may be made in any desired form as to the general curves of the grip portion ot the handle without departing from my invention. lt is preferred, however, that these curves be gradual and of only sui'licient breadth to give a pleasing grip for the hand very much as shown.

The ends 12 ot' the handle are struck up in the forni of bosses hollow on their under sides, the outer edges of which abut upon the sheet metal front 13. rlhe sheet metal front 13 is formed with struck-out portions la which exactly lit within hollow bosses 12. The abutting edges l1 of the sheet metal are continued as shown at 1G, `ioining onto the outer edges of t-he bosses 12 as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. T his connection 16 is exceedingly important as it braces the entire gripping portion of the handle and also stiifens the bosses 12, rendering the construction exceedinglystrong and rigid.

Line handle 10 is attached to the sheet metal front by suitable rivets 15. Two rivets are usually sulicient to hold each end. There should always be two rivets for each end since one rivet tov an end is liable to allow ot' the twisting of the handle to one side or the other. Un large handles more than two rivets may well be used; the purpose being to hold the struck up ends 12 of the handles and the struck-out portions 14 of the sheet metal front firmly together.

The handles may be finished in imitation of different metals such as brass, copper, or bronze or to correspond to the linish otl the sheet metal front, according as desired.

I claim as new 1. A sheet metal handle having a tubular grip, the attaching ends of said grip formed in hollow bosses, struck-out portions on the sheet metal front to lit said hollow bosses, and rivets to connect said bosses and struckout portions, substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

2. A sheet metal handle composed ot' the raised grip portion 10, the edges 11 of the sheet metal abutting throughout the lengt-h of the inner ortion of said grip, the end portions 12 oi said handle having ahollow on their under sides, the bracing connections In testimony whereof I have signed my 16 of said abutting edges and end portions, i name to this specn'ication in the presence oi' struck-out portions 14 on the sheet metal two subscribing Witnesses.

front 13 to t said hollowed ends7 and rivets ENOCH OHNSTRAND. l5 to connect said hollow ends and struck-up 1 NTitnesses:

portions, substantially as and for the pun I. A. ELLSWORTH, pose specified. 1 A. W. KETTLE. 

